recapitated@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWould a brigade effort to "engage" with Trump ads in streaming services force the campaign to waste extra money, and make a viable psyop when they measure their telemetry?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down19
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareWould a brigade effort to "engage" with Trump ads in streaming services force the campaign to waste extra money, and make a viable psyop when they measure their telemetry?recapitated@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months ago AdNauseam quietly clicks on every blocked ad, registering a visit on ad networks’ databases Do those clicks appear to be coming from me, or from some random fake identity? False floods of data or not, there are some things I’d rather not have any identifiable contact with at all.
minus-squareSolOrionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoFrom my understanding, they appear to be coming from you- that’s kinda the point.
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoIt should atleast poison any data they gather about you right? Since you’re not ever going to realistically click on any of these ads, it would now look like anything and everything interests you
minus-squareSolOrionlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s the point. You can’t really build an advertising profile if they literally engage with every single thing all the time.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months ago it would now look like anything and everything interests you That could get you on some interesting lists. Personally, I’d rather not have any database think I was interested in certain topics, no matter how false that data is.
Do those clicks appear to be coming from me, or from some random fake identity?
False floods of data or not, there are some things I’d rather not have any identifiable contact with at all.
From my understanding, they appear to be coming from you- that’s kinda the point.
It should atleast poison any data they gather about you right? Since you’re not ever going to realistically click on any of these ads, it would now look like anything and everything interests you
That’s the point. You can’t really build an advertising profile if they literally engage with every single thing all the time.
That could get you on some interesting lists.
Personally, I’d rather not have any database think I was interested in certain topics, no matter how false that data is.